Example sentences of "i [verb] [pn reflx] from the " in BNC.
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1 | I shift myself from the mirror to the window , to see what she does . |
2 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
3 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
4 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
5 | I raised myself from the bunk slowly . |
6 | I freed myself from the antiquated strait jacket of his verbose speech patterns . |
7 | All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe . |
8 | I distance myself from the position and policies of the president . |
9 | I distance myself from the position and the policy of the President and advocate his immediate resignation [ and ] the handing over of power to a collective body , the Federation Council . " |